Much as I’ve embraced the running joke about the piss-poor state of indie rock music in 2010, I will say that there have been a handful of songs that I’ve really, really liked.

Here are my favorite 10, all released in 2010. Going back through my Last.fm profile, it’s clear that The Rural Alberta Advantage and LCD Soundsystem are the two artists that I’ve added to my regular personal rotation this year though the albums I’ve listened to most are from ’09 or earlier.

Here are my top ten (with a couple of honorable mentions), and a couple of thoughts on each: